Railway tie



Aug. 2n, 1923. 11,465,406

J. H. BARNES RAILWAY TIE Filed OC'L. l2 1922 'lll/NUI" 4 THIVEYS l@ STS JOHN' HOLYKE BARNES, OF NOR'WICH, CONNECTICUT.

n RAILWAY )rin Application filed October 12, 192

To all .whom t may concern:

Be it known that citizen of the United State,

l, JOHN H. BARNES, a and a resident of Norwich:a in the county oi New London and State o'l' Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Railway Tie,A of which the following is a scription.

ullyclear, and exact de- This invention relates to improvements in railway ties, and has a metallic tie. Y

An object of the invention is to provideV a tie wherein rail blocks are secured upon the particular reference to supporting or bearing body portion of the tie in such manner that the same may be readily removed and replaced when worn, s thus obviating the necessity 'ot replacing the entire tie.

Another object is to provide an eiiective lock for securing the bearing blocks in operati've position on the The above and other tie.

obj ects will appear more clearly from the following detail description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawings- Figure l is a parti al top plan view of the railway tie constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof 1; and

Figure 3 is a section on the line 9--9 of Figure 2.

In the embodiment ot the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing the base l1 isv provided with the central reinforcing rib 'l2 and with intermediate and end abutments 13 and 14 at each end'thereof. r,The

inner opposed :taces of the abutments 1B and V14 are disposed in vertical planes and the abutments are provided with overhanging anges 28 and 29 respectively, which provide means ior preventing vertical movement of j the bearing block` 3 stance this block is p 0. Inthe present in-y laced in position on the Serial No. 594,152.

` tie by inserting the same from the side ot Uhe tie into the recess formed by the abutmeiits 13 and 14. The bottom surface or the bearing bloclr 30 and the upper surface of the base ll are provided with cooperating` grooves 3l and 32, which are aligned to torni an opening for receiving the locking bolt 33, the head 34 oi which engages both the bearing block 30, and base ll, while the threaded portion of the bolt has mounted thereon a washer 35 engaged by a lock nut 36 to maintain the bolt in locking position. From this construction it will be apparent that the bearing blocks may be readily and ouickly removed from the tie by disengagying` the locking bolts therefrom.

lapping said base and block 'tor maintainv ing the latter in position.

2. A railway tie comprising a base, end and intermediate abutments, a bearing block positioned between said abutmeiits, said bearing block and base having cooperating grooves to form an opening extending trans versely thereof, and locking device insertable into said opening and engageable with said base and block for maintaining the latter in position.

3, A railway tie comprising a base, abutinents thereon, a bearing bloclr positioned between said abutments, a bolt interposedbetween said base and block and extending transversely thereof and having a head on one end overlapping portions of said base and block, and means on the opposite end of said bolt for attaching the same to said base and block. 

